The Twilight Saga
Reviewed by Bookworm Princess Caspian
The sensation of the year and if any of the book-a-holics have not read it I say ‘shame on you’. One of the best chick-lit ever written and I can say that with confidence because I love chick-lits and I’ve read loads of them! The Twilight saga has been categorized as ‘suspense, romance, horror, comedy’. Each book in the series was inspired by and loosely based on a different literary classic: Twilight on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, New Moon on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Eclipse on Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and Breaking Dawn on a second Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meyer also states that Orson Scott Card and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series are a big influence on her writing. Stephenie Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream.
Twilight
Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington to allow her mother to travel with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. After moving to Forks, Bella finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome boy, Edward Cullen. She eventually learns that he is a member of a vampire family who drink animal blood rather than human. Edward and Bella fall in love, but James, a sadistic vampire from another coven, is drawn to drink Bella's blood. Edward and the other Cullens defend Bella. She escapes to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is tricked into confronting James, who tries to kill her. She is seriously wounded, but Edward rescues her and they return to Forks.
Edward and his family leave Forks because he believes he is endangering Bella's life. Bella falls into a deep depression, until she develops a strong friendship with werewolf Jacob Black. Jacob and the other wolves in his tribe must protect her from Victoria, a vampire seeking to avenge her mate James' death by killing Bella. A misunderstanding occurs, and Edward believes Bella is dead. Edward decides to commit suicide in Volterra, Italy, but he is stopped by Bella and Alice, Edward's sister. They meet with theVolturi, a powerful coven of vampires, and are released on the condition that Bella be turned into a vampire in the near future. Bella and Edward are reunited, and the Cullens return to Forks.
The vampire Victoria (James's mate from Twilight) has created an army of "newborn" vampires to battle the Cullen family and kill Bella. Meanwhile, Bella is forced to choose between her relationship with Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Edward's vampire family and Jacob's werewolf pack join forces to successfully destroy Victoria and her vampire army. In the end, Bella chooses Edward's love over Jacob's and agrees to marry him.
Breaking Dawn
Bella and Edward are married, but their honeymoon is cut short when Bella discovers she is pregnant. Her pregnancy progresses rapidly, severely weakening her. She nearly dies giving birth to her and Edward's half-vampire-half-human daughter, Renesmee, but Edward injects Bella with his venom to save her life by turning her into a vampire. A vampire from another coven sees Renesmee and mistakes her for an "immortal child", whose existence violates vampire law, and informs the Volturi. The Cullens gather vampire witnesses who can verify that Renesmee is not an immortal child. After an intense confrontation, the Cullens and their witnesses convince the Volturi that the child poses no danger to vampires or their secret, and they are left in peace.
This one is not out yet. It’s from Edward’s point while the other four were from Bella’s point. Half the text was released by Stephenie Meyer on her official web site due to some copyright reasons.
Here's the Draft:
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
Her first book titled simply “Twilight” was made into a feature length movie and The Twilight Saga became one of the most talked about book series in the world.The second book is ready to release this winter-19th November2009.
Many fans of The Twilight Series compare Stephenie Meyer to J.K. Rowling. As a matter of fact, when the third installment in the Twilight saga named Eclipse was released in Summer of 2007, the sales of the book sky-rocketed to the point that it matched, and then exceeded the sales of Harry Potter book.
I hope I’ve convinced all the readers. So what are you waiting for? Go grab your copy, and read the story of how the lion fell in love with the lamb.
Many fans of The Twilight Series compare Stephenie Meyer to J.K. Rowling. As a matter of fact, when the third installment in the Twilight saga named Eclipse was released in Summer of 2007, the sales of the book sky-rocketed to the point that it matched, and then exceeded the sales of Harry Potter book.
I hope I’ve convinced all the readers. So what are you waiting for? Go grab your copy, and read the story of how the lion fell in love with the lamb.
Bookworms @ Bookamrks say:
Although it's an understatement to call the Twilight series "chick-lit", it's the deepest love story, ever read. Nonetheless, a very crisp review.
Rating:
3.5 Bookmarks
(Rating is on a scale of 5)
4 comments:
well...chick-lits are usually DEEP-LOVE stories...and as for me...its not an understatement...coz tho some people think chick lits are taken as low novels by some people...it can bring our the best and worst of the female character...rest is yours to judge...:)
@Princess Caspian
My theory was that chick lits, are well about love. But it's in a human way. As in rise and fall, not meeting the right guy till the end. Infatuations confused with love et al.
Deep Love stuff - well like Twilight, I mean the guy waited for 100 years or so, fell in love, so madly as to do anything. It's a bit out of the world actually.
:P
And , in the end, to each, his own. :D
Keep Earfolding,
Miss Sunshine
well every chick lit is actually about finding true love...going through their own trial and error methods...its just a HUMAN problem that they have to find a true love in this very life, which can end any time!...like Edward, they(humans) are not immortals!
BUT o' course I agree with you Edward is just too good to be true...and its THE best!:-)
Yes, That's the whole Point. Deep love things have a wider emotional range :)
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